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That's odd - I've flown RPis on drones with far more vibration than the relatively smooth linear acceleration of a model rocket. In such setups it's recommended

by dTal 6y ago

That's odd - I've flown RPis on drones with far more vibration than the relatively smooth linear acceleration of a model rocket. In such setups it's recommended to directly solder power and USB connections, but I've never heard anything about the microSD connector. Did he say how he diagnosed the failure?

DJBunnies 6y ago
Maybe it was mounted poorly and the g force ejected it?
- elcritch 6y ago
  A little lock tight would probably solve the problem too.
- dTal 6y ago
  They only weigh half a gram; it would take hundreds of Gs.
joezydeco 6y ago
The suspected failure mode was vibration of the connector’s metal fingers away from the SD card’s traces, breaking off power and/or data.
- skykooler 6y ago
  Good to know for high-vibration environments. I may try epoxying the SD card into place for my telemetry experiments.
  - joezydeco 6y ago
    Maybe think about upgrading to an SBC that uses eMMC. Costs more, but less trouble.